Case Law

28 June 2016 | Judicial Body: Armenia: Administrative Court of Appeals | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Credibility assessment - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Flight by land, air or sea - Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Political groups - Rejected asylum-seekers - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

24 June 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Flight by land, air or sea - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Bangladesh

5 May 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Flight by land, air or sea - Freedom of religion - Hindu - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Political parties - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

30 September 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Hindu - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

29 September 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Hindu - Persecution based on political opinion - Physical harm - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

Heard at Field House on 25 February 2011.

27 May 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 5 and 6 October 2010. The conclusions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in the country guidance case of SB (risk on return - illegal exit) Iran CG [2009] UKAIT 00053, on the risk of persecution for those who have exited Iran illegally, are followed and endorsed.

1 February 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Sur place persecution - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Petition for judicial review.

22 December 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Fresh / New claim - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

19 October 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

9 March 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Refoulement - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Sweden